On the 10th day of the first month of June, a group of officials and Minzhuang came to the west of the city, and they came to collect the summer tax.

Now there are much less cultivated fields outside the city, but they still have to go out of the city to collect taxes. If they don't complete the task of collecting taxes, the county magistrate will be punished by their superiors, and they will not have a good time.

They were pleasantly surprised to find hundreds of acres of fields planted by Li Yan and them in the west of the city, so they drove over. For the fields of the Zhou Wangfu and the Junwangfu, they all know the location, but these fields are not in the tax ranks, so they naturally skip it.

"I'm tired of informing me," a servant shouted loudly outside the stockade, "It's time to pay the summer tax, please ask the general Li from the stockade to speak." ”

For Qilizhai, they still know. This stockade is very strong in combat, and can defeat the besieging thieves alone, and behead more than 200 people, which is known to almost everyone in the whole county. But they are here to collect taxes, even if they are hard-headed, they are also here to collect them.

The guards at the gate of the stockade immediately reported to Li Yan, after which Li Yan and Li Zhong came out, while Li Mu continued to train the soldiers.

"Mr. Li," the team leader came out and arched his hand: "We collect the summer tax according to the rules." ”

Li Yan also returned the salute, and then said with a smile: "It's all official business, the team leader doesn't have to be nervous, Li will pay taxes according to the rules." ”

"That's good, that's good." The team leader said with a smile. When he came, he was afraid that Qilizhai would be arrogant and not easy to get along with. In previous years, there were many conflicts over the collection of taxes, but the peasants with flat poles and hoes and the village soldiers with bows, crossbows, knives and guns were different in nature, and they were also worried before they came.

Li Yan said with a smile: "But the county respected me and gave me paperwork, and I only paid half of the taxes, and I didn't have to pay any of the service money." I don't know if the county has explained to you? ”

The head of the team nodded and said: "The county has explained, we are also measured, please rest assured that Li Gongzi." ”

Li Yan was satisfied, so he said: "Okay, I have 310 acres of land here, how much tax do you think I should pay?" ”

An old servant suddenly interjected: "Childe, isn't it? Your field is three hundred and forty acres, to say the least. ”

"Shut up! What is the old king talking nonsense?! The team leader frowned when he saw Li Yan, and immediately scolded nervously.

The old king is also helpless, he is responsible for checking the acres of land, if something goes wrong, it is his responsibility. But now he didn't dare to say anything more.

Li Yan looked at his field, then pointed to the stakes in the field and said, "My land is fenced with stakes and ropes, and the others are not mine." ”

The old king quickly turned his head to look at it, and then smiled and said: "Sure enough, it's true, the fence should be 310 acres, and the son is really a believer!" ”

The team leader also looked at it in surprise, he didn't expect that there were other people farming here. After that, he became extremely excited, and he didn't dare to mess around with this Li general, but for the other people, there was nothing to be polite about.

The head of the squad took out the account book and said with a smile: "Since the county has ordered it, only pay taxes, that is, three liters per mu." Li only paid half of the total, that is, one and a half liters per acre. Now it is 310 acres of land, and the price of wheat is now 3,000 yuan per bucket, so a total of 139 taels of silver. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give the head of the squad one hundred and forty taels." After speaking, let Li Zhong go and get the silver.

The team leader nodded with a smile and said, "Xie Li is the general, Xie Li is the general." He didn't really thank the half tael of silver, but thanked Li Yan for his cooperation, and he completed the task without much effort. If you meet a powerful family, it is strange to not find a way to reduce taxes. Even if they have been reduced a lot, they are still calculating, and they can't wait to ask the court to give them Milu like the emperor's relatives.

Li Zhong quickly took the silver money, and there were veterans in all aspects of the servants, who looked at the color and weighed it, and they would have it checked in a while.

After completing their task, the officials quickly left Qilizhai and headed for the abandoned village to the west.

"It's all out! Don't hide! When I arrived in the village, it was different from Qili Village, and the officials shouted loudly: "If you hide again, you will set fire to it!" ”

Lin Chenghai and the other two families finally came out helplessly, standing together, looking at the officials who came to collect taxes. They are all too familiar with it, and they have to do it twice a year.

Lao Wangtou raised his eyes and looked at their fields and said, "Bantou, a total of thirty-one acres. ”

The head of the squad looked at each other, and two officials came out, one holding a scale book and the other holding an abacus. He said loudly: "You have thirty-one acres of land, and the summer tax is three liters per mu, which is fourteen taels of silver." In addition, there are Liao salary, salary, color folding, envy, Jiejing Kuobu service, fat jacket armor service, brown rice service, salt service, ice and river defense campaign, as well as military bean fodder, forage money, a total of two taels per mu, 62 taels of silver. ”

"How can there be so many?!" Lin Chenghai finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "The harvest of these lands is not as much as your harvest!" ”

The team leader waved his hand impatiently and scolded: "Shut up! That's just part of it, it's not over yet! ”

The official who took the account book then read aloud: "There is a Lijia here, which owes Chongzhen nine years, half of the money and grain for ten years, and Chongzhen for eleven years and the whole year. The total is six hundred and eighty-seven taels of silver, and since you have planted their land, you will also pay for these debts! In total, you have to pay seven hundred and sixty-three taels of silver! ”

Lin Chenghai roared angrily: "You don't have to say it! How can there be so many silver taels?! We are farmers, not dignitaries, nor merchants, so many silver taels are coming?! It is said that the money and grain that Lijia here owes is our own summer tax this year, and we can't afford to pay it! ”

The team leader sneered and said: "Who would believe that more than 30 acres of wasteland can be opened here in this New Year's Festival, and there is no family background?" Do you pay it yourself, or do you want us to search it, you choose for yourself. ”

"Nope!" Lin Chenghai replied loudly.

The team leader didn't talk nonsense, and waved his hand directly, saying, "Search!" ”

Lin Chenghai took out a dagger from his waist and shouted loudly: "Who dares?!" ”

"Catch!" The head of the team is still a simple word.

Several officials stepped forward, one in front of them attracted attention, and the other two lattes locked Lin Chenghai from the side. The other two families all flinched back, not daring to resist in the slightest, only Lin Chenghai's wife and father stepped forward to intercede.

After a burst of rummaging through the cabinets, the officials finally came out of the house, not only searched out all the fifty or sixty taels of silver that Lin Chenghai and they had hidden, but also carried out all their rations.

The team leader got the report, and then said loudly: "These things, in the form of sixty-one taels of silver, you still owe fifteen taels of summer tax this year, and your arrears are seven hundred and sixty-three taels, plus this year's arrears, that is, nine hundred and sixteen taels." Men take it away, you family members, collect money and food, and hand it over to the yamen before the fifteenth day of July! Don't be late, or your men will suffer! ”

"Poor master, be merciful, where do we have so much money?" Lin Chenghai's wife cried.

The team leader said casually: "The court has set so much, what grievances do you have, find the right person!" After that, he took his men and the food he had found back to the county seat. They have gained a lot today, especially the silver, and they can take away most of it.